Trigger Switch Mechanism of Nail Gun
A trigger switch mechanism of a nail gun is pivotally attached between two side plates of a trigger of the nail gun. The switch mechanism includes a blocking piece pivotally attached to a safety slide rod and a trigger valve rod of the nail gun. Each of the side plates includes an axis hole, and two blocking grooves are disposed in the axis hole. The switch mechanism includes a plurality of blocking teeth, and a spring is disposed between one of the side plate and the switch mechanism to abut the switch mechanism and nest the blocking teeth into the blocking groove for stopping the switch mechanism. The switch mechanism includes a dial portion for being dialed by a hand of the operator, which is capable of deviating the blocking teeth from the blocking grooves to release the switch mechanism, and rotating the switch mechanism to adjust the position of the blocking piece relative to the safety slide rod, so as to realize conveniently switching the operation modes of the trigger of the nail gun.
The present invention relates to trigger switch mechanisms of pneumatic nail guns, and more particularly to a switch mechanism pivotally attached in a trigger of a nail gun, for switching the nail gun to operate in one of a sequential actuation mode and a contact actuation mode.
Pneumatic nail gun generally utilizes a compressed high pressure air in an air chamber thereof to drive a hitting rod to hit a nail, for join two objects by activating a nail through both objects, which are widely used in woodworking. The operation of the hitting rod is jointly controlled by a trigger and a safety slide rod of the nail gun.
Actuating nails of a nail gun generally can be divided into two types: sequential actuation mode and contact actuation mode.
For sequential actuation mode, before driving the nails, the operator should press a safety slide rod or a hitting base on the safety slide rod contacting on a surface of a workpiece to push a blocking piece in a trigger upwardly move, and then press the trigger to induce the blocking piece to move with the trigger, for actuating a trigger valve to set the nail gun in the status of hitting nails. If the operator wants to drive the nails again, he or she has to release the trigger firstly, and then repeat the process of pressing the trigger. If the operator disobeys the operating sequence, i.e. pressing the trigger firstly, and then pressing the safety slide rod or the hitting base, the blocking piece in the trigger cannot be induced to move with and the trigger valve cannot be actuated. That is, the nails are restrained. In other words, even if the operator wrongly touched the safety slide rod or the hitting base after the trigger is pressed, the dangerous of unexpectedly hitting the nails are avoided.
The contact actuation mode behave in another manner, before driving the nails, the operator should continuously press the trigger, and then let the safety slide rod or the hitting base to contact hit the surface of the workpiece, which induce the blocking piece to upwardly move for actuating the trigger valve in each hitting process. In addition, the contact actuation mode also allows that the operator sets the safety slide rod or the hitting base on the surface of the workpiece in advance, to induce the blocking piece to upwardly move, and then individually or continuously presses the trigger to respectively drive single or multiple nails for nailing the workpiece.
These two actuation modes have been employed in a conventional nail gun via utilizing a switch mechanism disposed in the trigger to realize switching the operation modes of one of the sequential actuation mode and the contact actuation mode. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,588,642 disclosed a biased adjusting rod pivotally attached in a trigger, which includes a pressing spring, a pressing plate, and a rotatable button. The biased adjusting rod can induce a top blocking piece to upwardly or downwardly move in the trigger so as to control the against portion of the top blocking piece relative to a safety plate. Then the stapler can be switched between the operation modes of the sequential actuation mode and the contact actuation mode.
When switches the operation modes, it needs the operator to press the pressing plate and the rotatable button at the same time. However, during the process of operating the nail gun, the operator has to grasp the workpiece or tools by another hand. In other words, in most working environments, such as nailing the workpiece in a high place, the operator cannot conveniently switch the switch mechanism in the trigger by both two hands. Furthermore, the biased adjusting rod is pivotally attached to a pivot plate in the trigger, which makes the structure of the trigger unduly complicated, and increases the manufacturing cost of the trigger.
Accordingly, what is needed is a trigger switch mechanism of a nail gun that can overcome the above-described deficiencies.
BRIEF SUMMARYA trigger switch mechanism for a nail gun is capable of conveniently switching the operation modes of one of the sequential actuation mode and the contact actuation mode via touching a single point of the trigger switch mechanism by a single hand of an operator.
A trigger is pivotally attached between a safety slide rod and a trigger valve rod of a nail gun, and the trigger includes two side plates. Each of the side plates includes an axis hole, and a switch mechanism is pivotally attached between the two axis holes.
The switch mechanism includes a first pivot portion, and the switch mechanism is pivotally attached between the two axis holes via the first pivot portion. The switch mechanism further includes a second pivot portion biased relative to the first pivot portion, and the second pivot portion includes a blocking piece corresponding to the safety slide rod and the trigger valve rod.
The axis hole of at least one of the side plate includes two blocking grooves, and the first pivot portion includes at least one blocking tooth. A spring is disposed between the switch mechanism and the side plate for pressing against the switch mechanism to induce the at least one blocking tooth to engage with the blocking grooves, so as to stop the trigger mechanism.
The switch mechanism further includes a dial portion for modulating by fingers of the operator, which is capable of inducing the blocking tooth to deviate from the blocking groove for releasing the switch mechanism. The dial portion is also capable of switching a corresponding position of the blocking piece relative to the safety slide rod, to ensure that switching operation modes is convenient enough.
These and other features and advantages of the various embodiments disclosed herein will be better understood with respect to the following description and drawings, in which like numbers refer to like parts throughout, and in which:
Referring to
The switch mechanism 3 includes a fixing bolt 33 prong into a base portion 32 for locating an axis rod 31, and the axis rod 31 is integrated with the base portion 32 (as shown in
The axis hole 23 of the side plate 21 includes two wedged-shaped blocking grooves 231 and 232 and a guiding groove 233 (as shown in
The first pivot portion 41 includes a plurality of blocking teeth. The blocking teeth includes a plurality of wedged-shaped first blocking teeth 312 formed at the first pivot axis 311 of the axis rod 31, and a plurality of wedged-shaped second blocking teeth 324 formed at the second pivot axis 321 of the base portion 32.
The switch mechanism 3 further includes a spring 6 nested with the axis rod 31 between the base portion 32 and the side plate 21, which is used for inducing the first blocking teeth 312 to nest into the blocking grooves 231 of the axis hole 23 (as shown in
The switch mechanism 3 includes an arc-shaped dial portion 35 (as shown in
With these configurations, the switch mechanism 3 can realize switching the operation modes of the trigger 2 of the nail gun 1. The detail operating process of switching the modes of sequential actuation mode and contact actuation mode will be described as below.
For sequential actuation mode, a finger of the hand grasping the nail gun 1 of the operator can extend into the notch 27 of the trigger 2 (as shown in
In use, the operator has to press a hitting base at a bottom portion of the safety slide rod 11 on a surface of a workpiece, to abut the safety slide rod 11 upwardly move (as shown in
In addition, if the operator disobeys the operating sequence, i.e. accidentally pressing the trigger 2 firstly (as shown in
The contact actuation mode behave in another manner, the finger of the hand of the operator that grasping the nail gun 1 can extend into the notch 27 to dial the dial portion 35 (as shown in
In use, the operator can press the trigger 2 to a bottom portion (as shown in
The operator can continuously press the trigger 2, and repeatly release and press the hitting base relative to the surface of the workpiece, so as to make the blocking piece 5 being induced by the safety slide rod 11 to move to and fro. That is, the nail gun 1 is operated in a continuously contact acutation mode.
In the contact acutation mode, the operator also can press the hitting base at the surface of a workpiece firstly, so as to induce the safety slide rod 11 to move upwardly for abutting the blocking piece 5 (as shown in
The operator can conveniently switch the operation modes via dialing the dial portion 35 of the switch mechanism 3 by a single hand. In addition, the cross-sectional view of the trigger 2 has a U-shaped, which makes the structure of the trigger 2 simple, and lower the manufacturing cost thereof.
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The above description is given by way of example, and not limitation. Given the above disclosure, one skilled in the art could devise variations that are within the scope and spirit of the invention disclosed herein, including configurations ways of the recessed portions and materials and/or designs of the attaching structures. Further, the various features of the embodiments disclosed herein can be used alone, or in varying combinations with each other and are not intended to be limited to the specific combination described herein. Thus, the scope of the claims is not to be limited by the illustrated embodiments.
Claims
1. A trigger switch mechanism of a nail gun, the nail gun comprising a trigger pivotally attached between a safety slide rod and a trigger valve rod of the nail gun, the trigger having two side plates, each of the side plates having a axis hole, the trigger switch mechanism being pivotally attached between the two axis holes, which comprising:
- a first pivot portion, the switch mechanism being pivotally attached between the two axis holes via the first pivot portion;
- a second pivot portion biased relative to the first pivot portion; and
- a blocking piece pivotally attached to the second pivot portion, the blocking piece corresponding to the safety slide rod and the trigger valve rod;
- wherein an axis hole of at least one side plate comprises two blocking grooves, the first pivot portion comprises at least one blocking tooth, a spring is disposed between the side plate and the switch mechanism for abutting against the switch mechanism to induce the at least one blocking tooth to engage with the blocking grooves, so as to stop the trigger mechanism, the switch mechanism further comprises a dial portion for modulating by fingers of the operator, which is capable of inducing the at least one blocking tooth to deviate from the blocking grooves for releasing the switch mechanism, the dial portion is also capable of rotating the switch mechanism to bring the blocking piece to a corresponding position relative to the safety slide rod.
2. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein an axis hole of at least one side plate comprises a guiding groove for slidably engaging the at least one blocking teeth therein.
3. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two side plates form a receiving groove having an opening, and a notch between the two side plates, the blocking piece extends out of the opening and corresponds to the safety slide rod, the dial portion is disposed at the notch.
4. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switch mechanism further comprises a base portion and an axis rod fixed to the base portion, the second pivot portion is pivotally attached to the base portion, and the first pivot portion is continuously formed by the axis rod and the base portion, the spring is nested the axis rod disposed between the base portion and the side plate.
5. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blocking grooves and the at least one blocking tooth are wedged-shaped.
6. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein the blocking grooves are formed in the guiding groove.
7. A trigger switch mechanism of a nail gun, the nail gun comprising a trigger pivotally attached between a safety slide rod and a trigger valve rod of the nail gun, the trigger having two side plates, each of the side plates having a axis hole, the trigger switch mechanism being pivotally attached between the two axis holes, which comprising:
- a first pivot portion, the switch mechanism being pivotally attached between the two axis holes via the first pivot portion;
- a second pivot portion biased relative to the first pivot portion; and
- a blocking piece pivotally attached to the second pivot portion, the blocking piece corresponding to the safety slide rod and the trigger valve rod;
- wherein the axis hole of one side plate comprises a guiding groove, the axis hole of another side plate comprises two blocking grooves, the first pivot portion comprises at least one first blocking tooth and at least one second blocking tooth, a spring is disposed between the side plate and the switch mechanism for abutting against the switch mechanism to induce the at least one second blocking tooth to engage with the blocking grooves, so as to stop the trigger mechanism, the switch mechanism further comprises a dial portion for modulating by fingers of the operator, which is capable of inducing the at least one second blocking tooth to deviate from the blocking grooves for releasing the switch mechanism, the dial portion is also capable of rotating the switch mechanism to induce the at least one first blocking tooth slidably disposed in the guiding groove for guiding the switch mechanism, so as to switch the blocking piece to a corresponding position relative to the safety slide rod.
8. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the two side plates form a receiving groove having an opening, and a notch between the two side plates, the blocking piece extends out of the opening and corresponds to the safety slide rod, the dial portion is disposed at the notch.
9. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the switch mechanism further comprises a base portion and an axis rod fixed to the base portion, the second pivot portion is pivotally attached to the base portion, and the first pivot portion is continuously formed by the axis rod and the base portion, the spring is nested the axis rod disposed between the base portion and the side plate.
10. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the blocking grooves and the at least one first and second blocking teeth are wedged-shaped.
11. A trigger switch mechanism of a nail gun, the nail gun comprising a trigger pivotally attached between a safety slide rod and a trigger valve rod of the nail gun, the trigger having two side plates, each of the side plates having a axis hole, the trigger switch mechanism being pivotally attached between the two axis holes, which comprising:
- a first pivot portion, the switch mechanism being pivotally attached between the two axis holes via the first pivot portion;
- a second pivot portion biased relative to the first pivot portion; and
- a blocking piece pivotally attached to the second pivot portion, the blocking piece corresponding to the safety slide rod and the trigger valve rod;
- wherein each axis hole of the side plates comprises two blocking grooves respectively, an axis hole of at least one of the side plate comprises a guiding groove, the first pivot portion comprises at least one first blocking tooth and at least one second blocking tooth, a spring is disposed between the side plate and the switch mechanism for abutting against the switch mechanism to induce the at least one first and second blocking teeth to engage with corresponding blocking grooves respectively, so as to stop the trigger mechanism, the switch mechanism further comprises a dial portion for modulating by fingers of the operator, which is capable of inducing the at least one first and second blocking teeth to deviate from the blocking grooves, respectively for releasing the switch mechanism, the dial portion is also capable of rotating the switch mechanism to induce the at least one first blocking tooth slidably disposed in the guiding groove for guiding the switch mechanism, so as to switch the blocking piece to a corresponding position relative to the safety slide rod.
12. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein the two side plates form a receiving groove having an opening, and a notch between the two side plates, the blocking piece extends out of the opening and corresponds to the safety slide rod, the dial portion is disposed at the notch.
13. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein the switch mechanism further comprises a base portion and an axis rod fixed to the base portion, the second pivot portion is pivotally attached to the base portion, and the first pivot portion is continuously formed by the axis rod and the base portion, the spring is nested the axis rod disposed between the base portion and the side plate.
14. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein the blocking grooves and the at least one first and second blocking teeth are wedged-shaped.
15. The trigger switch mechanism as claimed in claim 11, wherein the blocking grooves are formed in the guiding groove.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 6, 2007
Publication Date: Aug 7, 2008
Patent Grant number: 7464843
Inventor: Chi-Sheng Huang (Taipei Hsien)
Application Number: 11/671,856
International Classification: B25C 1/00 (20060101);